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ESX Server System Management II
Module 2
For ESX Server 2.0.1 2003-10-28
Copyright © 2003 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Structure of ESX Server 
VMnix and the VMkernel
Virtual Machines
VMware Services
 
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For ESX Server 2.0.1 2003-10-28
Copyright © 2003 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
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What is ESX Server?
•A dedicated platform for virtual machines (“VMs”)
•VMs encapsulated for portability•VMs isolated from each other 
Lowest possible virtualizationoverhead
VMs have minimumguaranteed resourceallocations
Allocations can be changedwithout rebooting
 
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For ESX Server 2.0.1 2003-10-28
Copyright © 2003 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The components of ESX Server 
•ESX Server consists of 
•An installer package, based on Red Hat Linux 7.2•A lightly modified Red Hat Linux 7.2 installation
•Called the
Service Console
, or 
VMnix
•Serves as bootstrap loader for the VMkernel•Offers an administrative interface for VMkernel•Gives virtual machines access to non-virtualizable devices
•A proprietary OS for managing virtual machines
•Called the
VMkernel
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